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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 4
2 Physical Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5
3 Kit Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Hardware Description and Installation .................................................................................................. 6
4.1 RocketRAID 272x/271x Host Adapter board layout ....................................................................... 6
4.2 Connector and Jumper description: ............................................................................................... 7
4.3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter ......................................................................................... 7
4.4 Verifying Installation ..................................................................................................................... 8
5 RocketRAID BIOS Utility ........................................................................................................................ 9
5.1 BIOS Settings Overview ................................................................................................................. 9
5.2 Using the BIOS Utility..................................................................................................................... 9
5.3 BIOS Commands ............................................................................................................................ 9
5.4 Creating RAID Arrays .................................................................................................................... 10
5.5 Deleting Arrays ............................................................................................................................ 13
5.6 Adding/Remove Spare Disks ........................................................................................................ 13
5.7 Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 14
6 HighPoint Software CD ........................................................................................................................ 15
7 RocketRAID 272x/271x Driver Installation .......................................................................................... 16
7.1 Driver installation -Windows ....................................................................................................... 16
7.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD ......................................................................................... 19
8 HighPoint Web RAID Management software ...................................................................................... 20
8.1 Installing the Web RAID Management software .......................................................................... 20
8.2 Installing OS X Driver and Web RAID Management Software ...................................................... 21
8.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management Software .................................................................. 21
9 Thank You ........................................................................................................................................... 22
10 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 23
